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Edmund Waller
English
Poet
About the author
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Soul
#Fancy
#Tea
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Men
#Weakness
The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Fear
#Hell
#Interest
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Lies
To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Love
#Hope
#Taste
#Heaven
A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Rest
#Sun
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Quiet
Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Poets
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Poets
#Praise
Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#May
#English
#Road
#Ocean
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Poor
#Rain
Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Old
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Time
His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Love
#God
#Thought
#Man
Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Time
#Now
Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Love
#Angels
Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Value
And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Soul
#Sickness
#Guest
So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
Edmund Waller,
English
Poet
#Writer